In case it matters, here is the code for the entire program...
#include <iostream>#include <fstream>using namespace std;fstream bookSave; //for writing and reading books.txtint bookNum; // To assign a number to each bookstring bookTitle, bookAuthor, bookGenre; //Book datavoid saveData(){ bookSave.open("books.txt"); bookSave <<bookNum<<"\t\t"<<bookTitle<<"\t\t"<<bookAuthor<<"\t\t"<<bookGenre<<endl; // writes strings to books.txt bookNum++; //increments the value of bookNum everytime it saves a book bookSave.close();}void bookAdd() //User adds values to the book data{ cout<<"Please enter the Title of the book: "; getline(cin, bookTitle); cout<<endl; cout<<"Please enter the Author of the book: "; getline(cin, bookAuthor); cout<<endl; cout<<"Please enter the Genre of the book: "; cin>>bookGenre; cout<<endl; saveData(); int main();}void bookView()//User views books{ string content; bookSave.open("books.txt"); while(getline(bookSave, content)){ cout<<content; }}void mainMenu() //Gets user choice to add books or view books{ int menSelect;//For getting user's menu selection start: cout<<"Welcome to the Book Database!"<<endl; cout<<"Please select an option."<<endl; cout<<"1. Add A Book || 2. View Books"<<endl; cin>>menSelect; switch(menSelect){case 1: bookAdd();break;case 2: bookView();break;default: cout<<"ERROR INVALID INPUT. PLEASE TRY AGAIN"<<endl; goto start; };}int main(){ mainMenu(); return 0;}